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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals united. 



Pleurogyne small, annual, branching from the base ; radical 



carinthiaca, leaves 1 by ^ in., sometimes persistent, ovate, -with a 



Gentianace.^. broad tip, stem leaves | by ^ in., ovate, narrowed at 



F. B. I. iv. 120. the base; flowers f in., blue, on stalks J to 2 in. long, 



Himalaya, Kashmir, calyx lobes 5, J-| by | in., blunt or very short-pointed, 

 10-13,000 ft. corolla tube very short, lobes | by J in., blue with green 



veins, fringed near the base, stamens 5, on the corolla 

 tube, filaments somewhat flattened, stigma sessile ; capsule 

 I in., oblong, short-pointed, sessile, carpels separating, 

 seeds small, verv manv, nearlv round, smooth. 



Pleurogyne 

 spathulata, 



Gentianace^. 

 F. B. I.iv. 120. 

 Kashmir, 13,000 ft. 

 Lahul (A. Kerner). 



Swertia 



purpurascens, 



Chlretta, 



Gentianaceje. 

 F. B. Liv. 121. 



Himalaya, 

 5-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Dalhousie, 

 Dharmsala, Simla, 

 Mashobra (Collett). 

 Changlagalli, 

 Murree (Douie). 



very like the last species, but radical leaves are 

 longer, linear, narrowing from the broad tip to the base, 

 stem leaves are longer and narrower, and corolla lobes 

 are longer. 



medium size, annual, stem rounded or with 4 ridges. 



branched 



leaves 1-| by 



in., oblong or lanceolate, 3-1- 



nerved, lowest leaves blunt, uppermost short-pointed, 

 smooth, base narrowed ; flowers | in. across, purple or 

 dark red, with a darker ring at the base of the corolla 

 lobes, in branching leafy many-flowered racemes, calyx 

 lobes barely united at the base, 5, | in., oblong, 1-nerved, 

 corolla wheel-shaped, lobes 5, J in., ovate, short-pointed, 

 turned back, one horse-shoe-shaped naked depression 

 or gland at the base of each lobe, stamens 5, dilated below 

 into a tube, not united to the corolla, anthers long-pointed, 

 style long, stigmas 2, nearly linear ; capsule sessile, oblong, 

 dividing into two, seeds many, — in. diam., round, smooth, 

 hght yellow. This plant is used as a substitute for true 

 chiretta, see S. Chirata on the next page. 



Swertia paniculata. 



Gentian ACEiE. 

 F. B. I. iv. 122. 

 Kashmir, 

 Himalaya, 

 5-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra. 

 (Collett). 



very like the last species, but the corolla lobes are 

 white in the upper half with two purple spots at the base 

 forming a ring with gaps, one depression at the base of 

 each lobe, ovate, naked, stamens united to the corolla 

 and not joined into a tube, capsule long-pointed, seeds 

 smaller. 



